Ehrhoff in a second pairing role, paid accordingly is one thing. He faces weaker competition and benefits from a high percentage of offensive zone starts. Ask him to be your main guy against the best competition and you won't get your money's worth. Right now, at $3.1M for the Canucks, he's great. He's not worth $5M+

If Zharkov played a full season he'd likely end up between 3-10 goals. 3 if he is the worst shooter in the history of the NHL and all the way to 10 if he is just a regular shooter in the NHL. If he got Voros type luck for a season he could get to 15, but I was trying to keep it in realistic bounds.

Ehrhoff in a second pairing role, paid accordingly is one thing. He faces weaker competition and benefits from a high percentage of offensive zone starts. Ask him to be your main guy against the best competition and you won't get your money's worth. Right now, at $3.1M for the Canucks, he's great. He's not worth $5M+

This. Ehrhoff is not a first pairing defenseman. Amazing how little attention people play to zone starts.

one thing i do agree with in there is when they talked about volchenkovs icetime being a career low at just over 18 mins. this guy was brought in to be the top shutdown guy and has proven he can be that in the past. yet that clown colin white still saw more icetime, that needs to change. volchy should be 20+ mins on the top pairing imo. i think the perfect partner for him would be salvador. volchy plays at his best when he has a partner who plays well positionally so he can provide the physical presence and also someone who can adequately pass/move the puck. i think salvador fits that bill pretty nicely, b/c imo his passing is pretty decent for a player of his mold.

White played more minutes because he didn't take a slapshot to the face, didn't get suspended, and didn't lose his father over the course of the season. Plus, White seeing more minutes than anyone not named Tallinder was pretty effective considering that we were 8th in the league in defense. White fits the system perfectly, played well, and is not an issue.

White played more minutes because he didn't take a slapshot to the face, didn't get suspended, and didn't lose his father over the course of the season. Plus, White seeing more minutes than anyone not named Tallinder was pretty effective considering that we were 8th in the league in defense. White fits the system perfectly, played well, and is not an issue.

We need another two-way minute eater like Tallinder. Fayne was somewhat serviceable in that role but you can't put that on him next year. He's not experienced enough.

That's why a guy like Pitkanen, big, strong skater, adept in all three zones I believe, is someone you want to add.

Idk about you, but how does a guy like Volch make 4.25million as an 18+ minute one dimensional defenseman. I know what he brings in terms of playoff intensity, checking, and PK work, but that number just doesn't add up.

We need another two-way minute eater like Tallinder. Fayne was somewhat serviceable in that role but you can't put that on him next year. He's not experienced enough.

That's why a guy like Pitkanen, big, strong skater, adept in all three zones I believe, is someone you want to add.

Idk about you, but how does a guy like Volch make 4.25million as an 18+ minute one dimensional defenseman. I know what he brings in terms of playoff intensity, checking, and PK work, but that number just doesn't add up.

You invest 4 million + in a more well-rounded defensemen.

I have no issue with what Volch is making. I think there were some who thought he would get more on the open market then he did. Every team needs that Shutdown guy on there D. The reason you might think its to much is because we also have White and Sal and they were here first. If we didnt have 5.9 mill tied up in those 2 players you wouldnt care about Volch as much.